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BL
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850764
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Pfuntner, Laura
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| Title & Author
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Urbanism and empire in Roman Sicily /\ Laura Pfuntner.
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| Edition Statement
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First edition.
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| Publication Statement
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Austin :: University of Texas Press,, 2019.
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, ©2019
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| Series Statement
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Ashley and Peter Larkin series in Greek and Roman culture
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| Page. NO
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viii, 306 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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1477317228
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: 9781477317228
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9781477317235
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9781477317242
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-293) and index.
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| Contents
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Urban abandonment in the late Republic and early Principate (CA. 50 BC-AD 50) -- Urban abandonment in the high Empire (CA. AD 50-250) -- The southwestern coast : economic integration, political privilege, and urban survival -- The northeastern coast : civil war and colonization -- Eastern Sicily : from Syracusan to Roman hegemony -- Roman urbanism in Sicily -- New forms of settlement in Roman imperial Sicily.
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| Abstract
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"... Pfuntner traces the development of cities and settlement networks in Sicily in order to understand the island's political, economic, social, and cultural role in Rome's evolving Mediterranean hegemony ... [examining] three main processes traceable in the archaeological record of settlement in Roman Sicily: urban disintegration, urban adaptation, and the development of alternatives to urban settlement ..."
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Cities and towns-- Italy-- Sicily-- History.
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Urbanization-- Italy-- Sicily-- History.
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Antiquities.
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Cities and towns.
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Territorial expansion.
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Urbanization.
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Rome, Territorial expansion.
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Sicily (Italy), Antiquities.
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Sicily (Italy), History, To 800.
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Italy, Sicily.
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Rome (Empire)
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| Dewey Classification
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937/.8
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| LC Classification
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DG55.S5P47 2019
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